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17INGLEW00D :v'PlRD00tEYS::I)ISCOl)RSESI Tom Tangier's Column of Odd and Curious Quizzes ; -r THE DIVORCE WtOBLKM. t."rWstI. ' sir said Mr. Dooley, "X r' , holdln a Divorce " nrreas.', '. . ' , ...'."'',. a- I , What's ; that? asked Mr. ; Hen- "Ye wudden't know," said Mr, Doo T ley. - "DlTOorca-s Is th'. on'y; luxury - supplied be th'.law that we don't In- - Jyo In Ar-rcbey RoadV Up here whin a marrld couple get to-th' pint where "In Kentucky baldness is 'tis Impossible fr thlm to go on llv- In' together iheg go on' lhrln to- Keener. - j ny icer . mac . war ' soma mornln In Ivry month, but th' , . UVAV aj V uasi . VMM MISMtM '.' .each other over-th -ham an' eggs. Ne wife lver lavas her husband '.while he baa th' breath lv lire in him, an anny . a-lntlaman hat tooV a thrln tn Rno . ". rails In ordher .to saw off th house-.-; keepln' explnses en a rash successor -, wua nna vnrouoie meay ir aim wain . air, whin our people grab hands, at ' th altar, they're hooked u frlver. Marred re with ua la a life slntlnceW -t hard labor. There s on y one -aecree titles ye to a ride behind Of pail bear- ;, in nne aayiara iv umpnuy nua C'. band rd make brlngin home a "new wife tvnr Foorth Iv July an' dlschargH in ins oia wan wiwoui a cnaracaier. But th' customs iv th'-neighbors are . agin It ' 1 'r " i V . . 11 "But- 'tis different with' others. r Illnnessy. Dbwn be Mitcblgan At- ioo Tnarredgs is no ' more bind n' : thin a dhream, A short married Hfe ' an' an nnhinnv wan im thai .motto. ; Off . with th' old. love an on with th' ' ntv aaf Dfi with that. . Till death us j . do. part.' aays th' preacher? -Orth' k Jury. whisper the blushln'. bride. , - "Th' Dlvooroe congress, Jiinnisny, - bled to make th' UwstraUth' States . scandal as It Is now. A man shakes ttrff. tn WAR fit f A Affl'V M lla ITfftK. . bed be her an led home th' mlnnylt safety fr anny wan. In aome places t- It's, almost Impossible fr a man to . . get lit tv his fam'ly onless he haa srn . raisnn . i rinr m nu rnaiuMi ui .'a safl ahAtit l Taw fTsnifnVw ksllit. norasi km iruuuut a k uituwivv, iu vuiu in mc.emncy it vu wwnw. in ; Illlnyt a woman can ne- treed irm th raJUp bondi tr matnnmony ne-. Mtiaa Km IS u fitisi rn A maa rra lnn srraXstsi raltert; In Wisconsin th old man can , Bjsi( gaga imsmviuii aasniaav u o i-bmus wife tells fortunes In th' taycup. ', xn neorasay in- snacKies r-ro busted because father forgot to wipe . his boots; In , New York because f mother knows a Judge tn South Da- kota. Te can be dlvoorced fr any thing If ye know where to lodge . th' complaint. Among the grounds - er snorln', deefness, because wan If th' parties dhrlnks an th' other anufaavil a- UUUraUals WBU UUU a. . UIU IUa an th' ether doea because they . nnrn nnnnr nawanaa in, nna. th' wife Is addicted to sick headaches. . because ne asaea ner wnai sns oia With that tlO he gave her, because be i knows some wan else, because she " Injyes th' society lv th'- young, be- cause he f rgot f wind, th clock, be- cause she wears a switch. A hus band can get a dlvooroe because he i ''has mors money thin he had; a wife J because he haa less. T can always I : a ; ' , v "... f -vr; i' ".'..'wW; v.--?h v;y-v-.,..H v .l a " la Wisconsin beottuaa th' old fget a dlvooroe f r what Hogan cell Incompatibility IV- temper; : There whla husband . an' wtfa . arre . both cross at th' seme time. Te'd . call it a tiff in ye'er family, Hlnnissy. "But mind ye. none lr these reaslened between thlm. - He had fin ona go In anny two States. . A man that want to be properly dlvoorced ao there's no danger whin be crosses th' river at Clnclnnaty that hall have to wheel th' baby carredge that give hlnr his freedom will . have . to atart grounds for dlvoorce," out an' do a tour lv our gr-reat ray public. An' be th' time he's thurly released he may want to do It all over again with th' second choice Iv "It wud be a grand thing If it cud be strlghtened out- Th" laws ought to be th' same Ivrywhere. ; In anny bis wild, glad heart. ,. . part iv this fair 'land lv ours It shud be th' right lv anny -man to get a dtvoorce, with alimony, simply be go In before a Justice tv th' peace an' makln' an affidavit that th' lady's face had grown too bleak fr his taste. Be hi vine, I'd go farther. Rather "In Illlnye a woman oan be freed fr pecauso nor niisband than have people eridure this sar vlchood Td let anny man escape be Jumpln' th' conthracC All he'd have to do if I was r-runnln' this govern mlnt wud be to put some clothes In th' grip, write a note to his wife that afther thlnkln' It over fr forty years he had made up hla mind that hla warm nature waa not suited to mar redge with th' mother lv ao manny Iv hla childher, and go out to return no mora ' '1 don't know ranch about marrld Ufa, except what yo tell me an' what I r-read In th' pa-apers. . But It .must be sad. All over this land onhappl- ly mated couples ar're aufferln' now an' thin almost as mucn as it they had a silver In their thumb' or a alight headache. Th' misfortunes Iv these people ar-re beyond belief. Z say, Hlnnissy, It Is th Jooty lv th' law to mercifully release thlm. Ye take th' case Jv me frlnd ffrn Coka City that I was readin' about th' other day. There waa a martyr fr ye. Poor fellow! ' Ma eyes filled with tears thlnkln' about, blow Whin a s'V'-v ''. ;V i 'V :', ' ' - v?.r .- f. fj :. 5. k. 'J ' )!;.,'.i'f,,V.V. man atea wlO his kntis. 3 young man he tnarrid. He was a fireman in thlm days, an' tn'.objlct lv his eternal affection was th' .daugh tey.lv. th' moat popylar saloon keeper In town.-1) 'A gr-reat socyal gulf op- prospects Iv tvlnchooty beln' promot ed to. two-fifty a day, but she was heiress to a cellar, full Iv MononKa hela rye an a - pool table, an ' her parents objected, because Iv th' - dlf- ferenoe In -their- positions, ; But love such as his Is ot. to be denied. : Th' bold suitor , won. h -Together they eloped, to Pittsburg ah were marrld ' 'Tr short time all wlnt -'well, They lived together happily fr twlnty years an' raised wen lv the popyioua fam'lles lv people Who expect to" be supported In their old days, Th' lm pechuse lover, spurred! on be th' de sire to make ' good with his Queen, slugged,' cheated, -an wurruked his way to th' head Iv th' railroad. He waa no .longer Greasy Bill, th OU Can, but William. Aitch Bllggens. th Prince lv Industhree. All,th' dlff rent kinds lv money he lver heerd If rolled. Into him. large money ' an' small, other people's, money, money he'd labored f r an' money he'd wish ed fr. : Whin he set in his oOlce countln' It ha often left svcalKfrtln o'clock' fr fear ha might be dhreamtn' an' not . get to th' round house on time. But, beln' an Ameri can -ucltlxen, he soon felt as sure IV hlmsllf as though he'd got It all In th' Probate Coort, an' th' arly spring saw him on a privets car speedln' to New York, th home Iv Mirth. He was was raycleved with open ar-rms be Ivry wan In that gr-reat city that knew th' combination lv th' safe. He was taken f r yacht rides be hla fel low-Kings of Fl-nsnce. He waa th', principal guest lv honor at a modest but tasteful dinner, where there was a large a-tlficval lake Iv champagne In to which, th' comp'ny cud dive. He become th' prise package lv th' Wal dorf. In th' on'y part lv Mew York ye lver read about ar-re there no ohurchea or homes In New York, but on'y hotels, night restaurants, an' poolrooms? In th' on'y part Iv New m th' gal tin' bonds Iv mathrlmony wears Congress galtera. York ye read about ho cud be seen anny night alttln' where th' lights oud -foil on his bald but youthful head. An' little Angelica Qumdrop, th' lady next to th' end Iv th' first row on th' right, looked on him with those big eyes lv hers that said so little an' meant so much. , "An thaw was It all this time la dear old Coke City? It la painful to say that th' lady to whom our frlnd was tied f r life had not kept pace with him. She had taught him to r-read, but he had gone on an' taken what Hogan calls th' postgrajate coorse. Women get all their book -Urntn' befure man-edge; men afther. She'd been pretty active about, th' chlflher while he waa pickln' np more iddycatlon In th' way lv busi ness than she'd lver dhream lv knowln'. She had th' latest news about th' trouble In th' Methodist Church, but he bad a private wire Into bis office. .; . "A life -pint in nour!shln ' th' young, Hlnnissy, while fins to' read about. Isn't anny kind Iv a beauty restorer, an' I've got to, tell ye that th' lady prob'bly. looked dlf rent frM th' gaselle he used to whistle .three tunes rr whin hs wlnt by on Num ber Iliven. It's no alsy thing to rock th' cradle with wan hand an' ondy lata th' hair with another. Be th' time ha was gsttln' out lv th' sellln' ctsss In New . York she waa stowin' down even fr Coke City. Their tastes was decidedly dissimilar, says th' pa aper. Time was whin he carried th', wash pitcher down to th' corner f r a quart iv malt, while she .dandled ' th' baby an' tried th' round ateak at th' same time. That day waa past She hadn't got to th' p'lnt where she oud dhrlnk champagne an' keep it out lv her nose. Th' passln' years ' had Im paired ail possible foundations f r a nsw crop lv hair. - Sometlznss conver sation lagged. ' , "Coke City ' (lovely haunt lv th' thrust as it ls Is a long way frra th' Casino. Th' Isst successful sxthrav agansa that th' lady had seen was a lecture be Jawn B, Oough, . Bhe got bar Eyetallan opry out iv;a muaio box. What was there rr this Joint Jntelleek an this household tyrant to talk aboutt No wondher he pined. Think Iv this Light lv th-' Tenderloin beln' compelled to set down . Ivry -month or two an' chat about a new tooth that Hlven had Just slnt to a fam'ly up th. street! Nor wss that all. . She give him no rest. - Tims an' time again aha asked him was hs oomln' boms that night. Una tor tured his proud spirit ba recall!"' th' time whin aha used to flag him frm th' window lv th' room , where papa had locked her In. She ever wlnt so far as to dhraw on him th' last cow' rdly weapon If brutal wives their tears. Ons time she thraveled to Nsw York an' wan lv his frlnd s seen her. Oh, It was crool. crooL Hlnnissy, tell mo, wad ye condltn this gr-reat man to such a slavery ' just becsuse he'd made a rash promise whin hs didn't have a esnt In th wurruld T ' Th' law aald no. t Whin th' CJr-rsat rinanceer cud stand It no longer h called upon th' judge to strike off th chains an' make htm a frss man. He got a di vorce." ' ' i ... 1 dars ye to come down to my '' Ioi Ohio tho picture hat house an', say thlm things," said Mr. liennefjay;-CCv.' i v "Oh, J know ye don't agree with me," said Mr Dooley. "Navether does Father' Kelly. He's got It Into his head that whin a man's marrld he's marrld, an that's all there Is to It Hs puts his band in th' grab-bag air pulls out a . blank an' he don't get hla money back. "Ill-mated cou ples,' saya he., "Ill-mated couples T What ar-re ye telkin' about? Ar-re there anny other kinds? Ar-re there anny two people In th' wurruld that ar-re perfectly mated?' he says. 'Waa there lver a frindshtp that was anny thing more thin, a kind lv suspension bridge between quarrels?' he ssys. 'In Ivry branch Ir life. says he, 'we leap fr'm scrap to scrap,' he says. 'I'm wan. lv th' best-tlroprcd men In th' wurruld, am 1 hotf ('Ye are not,' aays I.) I'm wan lv th' kindest Iv mor ula, he ssys, "but put me In th' same house with Saint Jerome,' he saya, 'an' there'd be at lasts wan day Iv th' month whin I'd answer hla last wur rud be slammin' th' dure behind me.' he aays. 'Man la nachrally a fight) n' an' quarrelln' .animal with his wife. Th' soft answer don't always turn awav wrath.' Sometimes It makes It worse,' he aays, ',Th throuble about dlvcu-ce la it alwaya lets out lv th' bad bargain th wan that made It bad. If I owned a half In a pavln' musl ness with ye, I'dtnlver let th' sun go down on a quarrel,' he says. 'But If ye had a bad month I'd go into coort an' wriggle out Iv th' partnership be eauae ye' re a cantankerous old villain that no wan cud get on with.' he says. " 'If people knew, they cudden't get away fr'm each other they'd sottle down to life, Juat aa I determined to like coal amoks whin I found th' eol lsctian.. wasnX.bigsnough to put a new chlmbley in th' parrlsh house. I've acchally got to Jtke It' he saya. There ain't anny condition Iv human life that'a not endurable If ye make up ye'er mind that ye've got to en dure It he says. Th trouble with th' rich,' he ssys, 'Is this, that whin a rich man has . a ' perfectly nachral scrap with bis beloved over break fast shs stays at horns an' does naw tbln' but think about It an' hs goes out an' does nawthtn' but think about It an' that afthernoon they're In their lawyers' office,' aays hs. 'But whin "la Nebraskr th' ahacklog are bustcA a poor glntlemkn an' a poor lady fall out the poor lady puts all her anger Into rubbln th' sine o tb' wash boord an' th' poor gintleman alsss his be murdhrln' a slag pile with a shovel, an' be th' time night comes ar-round be says to himself-. "Well. I've got to go home annyhow an' It's no use 1 shud be -onhappy . because I'm mis Judged.'" an' hs puU a pound Iv candy Into -his ooat pocket aa' goes home an' finds her -standln at th dura with a white apron on an' aome new ruch lng around her neck,' he says. 'An' -there yt ar-re. Two opln lona" ' v, ' ;-. "I see on'y wan," aald Mr. Hsnnea-sy.-,'Whst do ye raaly think?" think," tssld t Mr. Dooley, "If (people wanted to ba dlvbrced I'd let thlm, but I'd give th' childher th' custody Iv th' parents, They'd larn thlm -to behave."' - ' ' AliASKA MADE ISO.OOO.'oOO. .' . .11 ii -. That Win Ti The Amount for the . Ycar-'Oold, as Usual, the Largest ISBB.'.,v. t , ', ' ' .','. ' Washington special to The New York Commercial. ., , .; r v vv -, The pradlctlon of 110,000,000 aa the grand total of the Alaska trade for this calendar year seems to have been well founded). In the first ten months of the year, the officisl. figures for which are now complete, this com merce amounted to mora than !.- eoo.ogs, . thswe statistics includlnsj gold and silver and foreign aa welll as domestlo msrchsndlse.. Oold, aa usual. Is the largest Item. ' ' The strictly domestlo trade-a-that the commerce which Includes only the shipments between Alaska and the United States erached the total Is grounds fr, Alvoorcc.' In these ten months of I8.$8,116. There has been a steady gain In ths Alaska business; nearly all of which Is carried on through the port of Se attle, for several years, and there has been no period of twelve months In which a substantial Increase did not ocour. Thl growth of bualness has been of the substantial kind, just the sort of growth which might be ex pected in a country whose great re sources are unquestioned, but which are necessarily not of rapid develop ment In the early stages. Until with in the fUt year the Increase In the Alafeke commerce - has progressed by pretty- uniform degrees year by year; but In the' last tea months the ratio of growth v has been quickened. This Is not surprising, in view of the ful fillment of . large plans for operating mines In several placer districts, and the transition of quarts mines In the southeastern part of the territory from mere prospects to a stage of commercial productiveness. TOWN BUYS WOMAN A HAT. How City Attorney of Indianapolis Forestalled a Suit for Damages. Indianapolis Star. The olty of Indianapolis, as a muni cipal corporation, bought a woman a hat the other day. Merely for convenience she msy be celled Mra Smith, because for the sake of her feelings James D. Pierce, the Assistant City Attorney, who made the deal, would not divulge her name. A contractor who was at work on a street Improvement left some bricks In the street Mrs. Smith, with her husband, waa on her way to the thea tre and aa luck would have It she stumbled over those bricks and fell quite heavily. Her husband helped her to her feet and. half carried her back home. The next day a report of lhd"&CCdont reached the office of the city attor ney. No claim had been filed for dam ages, but the lawyers who look after the city's legal business jbelleved there would be one, so Pierce de cided to see Mrs. Smith.' That noon, which was the first of last wsek. Pierce hurried out to the North Side flat where the woman nd her huaband and her mother live. The young woman came to the door. He was ushered In - and after being Informed that the woman before him Vcause father forgot to wipe h Is waa Mra Smith he began to talk. Mra. Smith did not want to go to court She did not want to aus the city and have all the papers say that she stumbled and rolled over and over In the street Se did not want to faoe ' judge and Jury ' and have a dosen lawyers firing questions at her. The city will buy you a nice new hat of your own selection and we will call tho thing square," said Pierce. "But I had better ses my husband." said ths young woman. "Ha would not wear the hVeald Pierce, - . -, ' ' "No, that's so," shs said and she smiled. "Wsll. we'll do that" she aald. i She signed a release. Her husband came a moment later. - He signed, tOO.'' . y, ., . That afternoon the young woman bought her hat and paid for It with a tea dollar bill Pierce, had given her. ,..;.'. v. ' . ' ; i i ., i 'V : . In some of the ultra ssclusivs London elubs It Is a serious breach of etWiuetls (or sons member to sneak to another without obtaining a ceremonious' Intro detlon beforehand. An American Just returned (mm abroad tells how he slmoet iploded while witnessing a scent In an old-eatabllihed Pall . MU carsvansar) not long an, . Of course, hs did not dar how a veailae of amusement A' newly fnlned . siembar. In deflam-e of snolanv custoin, oke efitrnoon ventured to make a ramsrk about the weather to a miin with whom he was not personally ao nualnted. The vU'tlm of this outma rlurad stonily-at Its perpetrator. ''Did you aSdrws me, sir?'' he demnndad with an swful fruwn. "Yea, t did," was the 1tlant reply. "I said It wss a fine day." The othar ..digested the ' otaervallon thouahtfully. Then after sn Impressive silence he turned to Its bold exponent. "Well, pray don't lt It occur again," he remarked as he burled blmsslf ones more In his psper. , . , . ILLU8TRATICD ACROSTIC. TUB DREAM OF SANTA' CIAU8. He fell (ast aslvep on a deep bed of He dreamed It wss ' TOTAL, and high . time to go. .-. H "went to the house you can see In the lone. . . And left for tsll William a bahdsomo Then looked round, the room, skj declar ed It was lolly, For Lulu had bung It with ground-pine and . -J- "She's done her work bravely, tns dear little thing" . M i ' ... . He said, as he picked out his prettiest siaao Ths warmth from the fire felt exceed ingly nice, .. For out on the housetop the air was like www And snowftaVss were flying, like white birds a-flocklng, Bo he thawed hts oold fingers, and filled tvery . He packed them and stretched tbem, as best he was able. - But wme bulky parcels were left on the Away and away went the cheery old chap. . To visit all places put down on the With presents of every dimension snd shape; . ... In passing, he even threw nuts to an Away and awav, not a moment to loea; O, what laiv fellow would be tn his He woks with a start, snd a long-drawn-out "Whe-ew." But TOTAL came soon, snd hla dream all came true. M. C. 8. K-IN A GARDEN. ' WHAT PLANTS? 1. Won. 2. Jump, t Brought together. 4. A money-maker. 6. One hundred homes of bees. 6. Made by a tight shoe. 7. Comes In the roof of an old house. K. A drawer of water and mose nearest snd dearest. S. What young Thomas did to a letter. 10. What the ' grammar teacher told the pupil to do with a vo hlcle ustd tn winter. ? J7 SUBTRACTIONS. One hundred from a seat adorns The hend of man or maid. One hundred from a man here stalks Beneiith the forest s shade. One hundred (rom a fraud or trick Next makes a furnace glow. One hundred from coarse earthenware Moves gently to and fro. One hundred from what women wear In clrcusea we find. One hundred from a prison leaves A csniury penina. L. D. REE8. l i - i fg-DROPPED CONSONANTS. I rose In the oo of the dsr. before ths oo had made her fires, quietly left my oo" and went out at the front oo. There was a light oo shawl shout my shoulders and a 'oo' on wiyiieed. I was In the on for a oo long early- walk hefor there was the sound of a single oo tramnllna; the street. The light of the oo had hardly been, paled by day. and I caught the last -oo- or tns retiring FOR THE CHniSTSIAS THEE. Elortrlc Idght Ontflts Now KUrfle Ar ticles of Ksle rVstoon Lights. New York Sun. Not many yeara ago electrically lighted Christmas trees were a great novelty and people flocked around the wlndowa of electrical supply tores to look at them, therein dis played. Now electrical Christmas tree outfits ars regular items of elec trical supplies production and staple articles of sale at this season. You csn now buy such sn - out..i for a small tree, on with eight lamps, all neatly packed In a pasteboard box no bigger than oould comfortably be carried home In one's overcoat pocket. It can be bought complete for IS snd would Include a sufficient length of wire with ths lamp sockets all at tached, ready to receive tha lamps. The eight little Incandescent lumps, each of one candle power, would in Includs lamps of varloua colors, green and whits, '-and red snfd frosted, and there goes with the outfit a IHtle dry battery that will keep the lam pa glowing for six hours, or an hour a day for six days. For bigger trees any number of such outfits may be bought as might ba required; as, for Instance, with five1 such sets a tree could be pro vided with 40 lights. And there are to be had odd little Incandescent lampa of ons candle power each, these coming In sets of 14 at t a et, which -can be attached to tha electric wlrea for their variety, these little lamps being of many cors, and In many forms, as In the shape of fruH, pears, apples and acorns. There Is sold nowadays for use In house decoration, or for fairs, fes toon electric light equipment, with tiny electric lamps of various colors, the common unit of sale being 10 feet of wire -with 14 lampa which would make, three festoons of eight lampa sach, such an outfit eosttng tit. Of course, any number of auch festoon lengths can be bought as may be required. . 1 - V - The Christmas tree outfits are ope rated - by battery; the festoon wlrea can ' be attached to the house cur rent - - ' ' '. t v . V.: .. . -End of Hla Bonianc....i Chicago News. . , .,, . '. '; "That settles me." said the street car Conductor,- as he returned td the rear platform after having made his collection. of farea - i j! ' , "Anything wrong?" wag asked. "I should remark! There was an Inspector looking through, the' front door at me while I waa collecting farea, and there are two spotters on tha car besides." . ; : ' - V-" '' i i; :V "But you are an honest man," ,," "Certainly, but that has nothing to do with It The girl I love ts there, I. had tb hold out my paw for her nicklo as well as the rest ' I passed her free a score of times, but this time 1 1 couldn't ' She blushed and raid, but that ends the romance. Thle evening when appear at the house aa usual I shall, , find It In tarkness, and ss I ring away at ths 'II a head will be thrust from a chamber window and, a votes will call out: - " 'Oo awayl We have no umbrel las to mend herst' " - . , owl. How different aft would be in the glare of ,ool .. oo the noises of Any would be upon me end I should retreat to some cosy oo within with sn Inter esting oo I should vea need oo fn the body also, but' now such pleaaures seemed oo ss compared with those of awakening nature, 1 oo my way on oo to a llttlo oo ' and - sat down on the gnarled oo' of an oak. There was a glassy oo - at my" feet, haunted by 1 oo and ' heron," and beyond a wide oo where g-rous and oo were to' be found. What a oo I should be to oo myself up In th house at such sn bour (r let say oo be over head but that of the green boughs, amid which' sn Old black oo was cawing I - ; i''"'' 'A DOROTHEA. ts-FINAL, CHANGE. ' , -TO OUR PRB8IDTINT. V If Teddy would but take the plaea, : -nd be a ONE of Tanks TWO. -f'. The Yanks would be a happy race. , '. It Tandy would Wut take the place, ' Tou'd see a smile on every face. This country's troubles would be through H Teddy would but take the place, -And be a ONB of Yankee TWO. .- KAPPA KAPPA , 30 HOMONYMS. THE THIEF" 8 PROORTSBff . J ', Mr tlrst tried to s child's . this was petty larceny: his attempt to eases K tiutilifr's was burglary; but when he a clergyman's that was sncrllege. WM. WILSON. . ' 81 CHARADE. j The ONtr ts a goat of the mountains Csiicaeliui, That ' - on the rocks In ths liveliest fashion: But the one that rams here took M skipping so wildly. That the r-'-hbors protested, snd Bel very mildly. ; His frei" ire too numerous even to) tuenunn ; . He ,Ti''o m whstever attracts his at ; tentlon; .v He cMmhs to the most Inaccessible nlaces. - And w'He we stand calling, be stands making faces. .- ne iwnvnn hi mi rences; STOSa over SS . through em; Ana r- no conception or meum snd ' tuum. 1 The r--tener came with a. sad tala at .' woe, "That OVB TWO my TOTAL as fast na thev rrnw - We e'W the matter before It grew dark; j no r waa pacaes ore to tne ZOO at . the Park: . . j folks there. ' ana me nr 111. nave won tne nrwt ami mm at the Kalr. M. C 8. . ; 12 FNlflMA. ' A LETTER PORTIWDINO mRABTElt v Iing. long ago hy the old home hearth,' xouve nearn ine leaena oia: How where the rainbow touches earth You'll find a cup of gold; But where I touch earth on every hand ,' Is heerd the wall snd moan, A M.l .mill.. rnMnAAHM ...-. , . . . ItThllA -.ml.. a,.M. V . k . .' WM. WILSON, answers. ; K 17-Klephant. ' IS-Ssnta Oleus answer: Olores. book, same, picture, ring, umbrella,, man, , scarf, heck tfe. slippers, sled, clock. . is lieeu. seer: tveen. Mum. hill, naln- belt, bell; barb, bark; navy, nave. y 10Rhodes, Nplea. Winchester, 4 Ath ena. India Tvr. 1?tista m,lna ' V i-1 NuMa. Berlin. Troy, Asia. Rome, Cube, . Sweden, Eden. Il-Olaas. Nld. din. 1 Don, nod. t Dee-Aari : Wry (d-r-y). . fV-Mlracle. reclaim. 11 Now Mistress Ann asserts Tm won. ' JUDGE NOT. Judge not. the worklncs of his brain And of his heart thou canst not see; 4 ' What looks to thy dim eyes a stain . - ' " In God'a pure light msy only be A scar, brought from some well-won field Where thou wouldst only faint and yield. r. The look tha air ht trmtm h mtmt " '' Msy be a token that below The soul hss closed In deadly fight With some Infernal fiery foe. Whose glance would scorch thy smiling ' grace, " .. And cast thes shuddering on thy faoe. The fall thou darsst to despise-- . - -Maybe the angel's slackening head1 ' Has suffered It, that hs may rise , - And lake a firmer, surer stand: Or. trusting less to earthly things, . ,K Msy henceforth learn to use bis wings. , ;v And judge none lost; but watt and see. With hopeful pity, not disdain; Tha depth of the abyss may hs i H Ths measure of the height of pala ; : And love and glory that may raise , r This soul to Ood In after days! ' ' W ADELAIDE ANNS PROCTO. y Modern Indian Bfidea Depere Correspondsnce Milwaukee Sentinel. "'. The "Kansas money recently ' dis tributed among tha Oneldaa haa given . great Impetus to ths pranks of Cupid. U'.in,. lnn have taken nlaca this rail on ine reservation, ddwi Episcopal church aione claiming a score tn the Isst two months. , This stately stone structure, which , sucoeedod the little log church erected In 1121 by the Oneldaa when they first came to Wisconsin and whose . first pastor waa Eleasor Williams, the "lost Dauphin" . of Prance, la the scene of as elaborate functions aa the average white deems fitting on such occaalona ,:'.M" ? The bridegroom assumes all the re sponsibilities of he wedding, Includ- Ing the wedding gown. probably a rello of old custom when ths . brave substantially recompensed the father for the toss of hi daughter, . Moat open-handed . must many of them-be, as a fair averaga -vt these nut brown maidens carry bride roses and trail silken gbwns up the aisles of their church to tha strains of "Lohengrin,' as brides do ihe world oven The bridesmaids aa well as " brides wear veils. . .Hi - " A Humor la AighanWaa v j Prand Magaslne. i ' t , . . - Abdurrahman, the lata Amir of Afghanistan, had a grim sense of hu mor, which was sometimes exercis ed without scrvfpls. On one occasion a ;, durbar : he ,twas holding was Interrupted by a man who. In a stat of the greatest excitement, rushed la declaring that the Russians were s i Vanclng to Invade Afghanistan. Turning aside 'for a moment fr the business In progress th 1 Amir, In the most unconcerned t ordered his Shahgaxal tn conduct t man to the summit of a c r' watch tower. ."Look you out v for the Russians." . commnn. 11 durrahinan, "for you do i: it i i UI you see them arrive."
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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